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A collection of articles about Dominicans and our life in the world.
Fr. Augustine Thompson is pleased to announce, in time for the memory of St. Raymond of Pennyfort, that a new edition of the 1980 Lectionary of Proper Readings for Dominican...
On this the Octave Day of Christmas we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. How often we Christians use that title and with such ease. It slips of the tongue or greets us on...
Christmas is over. It’s time to get prepared for the next national Holy Day of Consumer Obligation: Valentine’s Day. This, at least, is the message I get from the world...
After the International assembly of the cooperator friars held in Lima (Peru), from 31 October to 3 November 2012, the following cooperator friars in Africa met in Kinshasa-Limete,...
Catholics that follow political, social, and cultural trends have seen many defeats in the last few years: the approval of same sex “marriage” in several states, the loss...
“O gates lift up your heads Grow higher ancient doors That the King of Glory may come in Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory! (Ps 24:7...
Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus begins with a reference to Augustus Caesar (v 1). It is easy to rapidly move on to the rest of the account, and so put Augustus Caesar out of...
Christmas Eve is a day of anticipation. Even its name identifies it as ‘the day before’ Christmas, and today’s liturgy repeats many times the words ‘Today you...
May the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ bring you abundant joy, peace and blessings. Merry Christmas!
Today, Dec. 22, marks the 795th anniversary of the approval of the Dominican Order. St. Dominic founded the first monastery of cloistered Dominican nuns in 1206. For ten...
